Risk assessment of vapor cloud explosions in a hydrogen production facility with consequence modeling

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-187

  Zarei, Esmaeil ^a   Jafari, Mohammad Javad ^b   Badri, Naser ^c  

^a NEYSHABUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Explosion; Hydrogen; Modeling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLOSION RISK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IRAN; REACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAPOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IRAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84884239559     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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